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= The Federation requires a status report. =

Choose a Team reporter to place your team responses here.

=Mini-Mission 1: Advocating and Implementing Project Based Learning=
 * Reflect on what you have learned about the structure, components, and rationale for project based learning and complete this mission:**
 * 1) Provide a rationale for why PBL will be more successful methodology than conventional means of lecture and large class discussion.
 * Student-driven, collaborative,
 * Students retain knowledge better,
 * Students learn more because they learn by doing,
 * Higher order thinking
 * Authentic learning
 * 1) Provide possible PBL projects for each of the subjects taught: math, social studies, science and Antiquan language arts.
 * math - design a building, a new recreational center
 * social studies - create rules for a new society; solve a problem in the community-contact community members for ideas
 * science - design a recycling program for the school or community; How Can We Make Our School Greener?
 * language arts - presention of school district history (can be used to support projects in science, social studies and/or math)
 * 1) Provide either a short jingle to help the Antiquans remember project based learning or an illustration that would help the Antiquans remember project based learning.

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=Mini-Mission 2: Wisdom of the Crowd: Next Steps= After analyzing and synthesizing the ideas on your chart, work together as a team to wordsmith 5-10 measurable next steps around implementation of your category

Professional Development
 * **provide summer workshops **
 * **do quick simple tutorials during informal training time **
 * **pd should be an ongoing process: 1. planning, 2. design, 3. reflection **
 * **student helpers for teachers **
 * **teachers/admin showcase good examples of tech integration and PBL **
 * **use substitutes to meet in smaller groups **
 * **increase collaboration between teachers, possibly online **

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=Mini-Mission 3: Know Your Support Systems - Full Speed Ahead= The results of the survey are here. We suggest that you save a copy of this spreadsheet so that you can sort it as you wish to be able to analyze the responses. (Team, Room, IU, etc)

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=Mini-Mission 4: Model Lessons and Galactic "Monsters"=


 * Reflection on Model Lessons:** Use the Discussion tab to respond.

Discuss these prompts with your teammates
 * Battling the Galactic "Monster" Discussions**
 * What strategies you have used to overcome the "monsters"?
 * Who are some of the key people in the district who MUST be on your side in order to be successful?
 * As you share your strategies, consider using some for your Individual Mission

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=Mini-Mission 5: Presentation to the Federation= After you have reflected (and revised?) your project, post it below. Either upload the file, embed the project, or post a link to your project.

//**Note**//: The Individual Instructional Coach Mission (IICM) should be uploaded to your specific IU page here. Please save your mission (document, podcast, movie, prezi, etc. ) with your name.

Post Final Team Mission Projects Here:


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